IITFT, “The family felt on (sic) of their sons should inherit the position, but the Town machers refused,thereby leaving the position vacant for several years”
The town machers? I assume you mean the Parness and the kehilla leadership.
I lived through that sorry period in Gateshead’s history, and sure things could have done differently, but the kehilla acted with instructions from the gedolim every step of the way.
Today, Gateshead has a wonderful Rov and it was worth the wait, (Did you know that Pressburg was without a Rav for 5 years before the Chasam Sofer was appointed to the post?)